Chapter 153: Chapter 153

When they got home, Grandpa Bai sensed something was wrong because he first saw the team leader as soon as he entered the house.

His heart skipped a beat, but immediately afterward, he saw his only sister, and his pupils shrank, but then he regained his calm.

There was no time for greetings because Grandma Bai, upon seeing these people, immediately turned to leave.

"Grandma, you came all this way, isn’t it too rushed to leave without saying anything? Look! That’s your long-yearned-for eldest son! He didn’t die! He’s still alive!" Bai Ruxue blocked Grandma Bai’s path.

"What did you say? Gangzi is not dead?" Grandma Bai shouted out loud.

The room fell into a stunned silence.

Even Grandpa Bai was filled with disbelief.

"Grandma! Do you see? That! That’s your eldest son! Go and take a look!" Bai Ruxue, caring little about everyone’s shock, pointed at Lin Gang before Grandma Bai could react.

Sure enough, Grandma Bai followed her finger, a face of relief, and joy from finding what was thought lost.

"Are you kidding? Come here, you little brat! Explain! These are my birth parents you told me about? How could these two poor-looking folks be what I wished for?" Lin Gang looked at these two poorly dressed people with refusal, starting to shout loudly.

This sentence awoke everyone.

The first to speak was Grandpa Bai, "Liu Lanxiang, make this clear! What is going on?" A strong shout finally woke Grandma Bai, who turned around suddenly.

The first thing she saw was Bai Ruxue’s triumphant smirk.

Her heart pounded, realizing she had been played by this girl.

She said her son was dead, causing her to lose her bearings, feel regretful and sad for the whole afternoon, and now, seeing her son alive and well made her rejoice in finding what was thought lost, prompting her to acknowledge her son without considering anything else, exposing the secret she’d kept hidden for more than thirty years.

No argument could save her now.

She shakily looked at the old man, frightened to the point of almost wetting her pants.

At this moment, the person involved, Bai Daliang, spoke up.

Just one sentence, "So I’m really not your biological child?"

This one question utterly broke Grandma Bai, who sat on the ground, clutching Grandpa Bai’s pant leg, crying in choking sobs, lamenting the heavens and the earth.

But no pity was seen from Grandpa Bai, who only looked at Bai Daliang with disbelief, then turned to look at Lin Gang.

His heart raced as he watched, for he surely still remembered what his brother-in-law looked like. It’s just that years without seeing each other hadn’t allowed him to connect it when looking at Bai Daliang.

Now comparing, this child truly resembled his brother-in-law Lin Zhong greatly.

The more he looked, the angrier he became, almost bursting with rage.

At this point, Bai Xianglan, also stunned by this thunderous news, snapped out of her daze, like Grandpa Bai, scrutinizing the two children because initially Bai Ruxue called her "Grandma," so she looked closely at Bai Daliang, becoming more startled the more she looked.

"Sister-in-law, explain to me what the hell happened with these two children?" she shouted out hysterically.

All these years, she treasured Lin Gang as her precious, giving him anything he wanted, even to the point that her home was ruined by him, and now she’s told this isn’t her biological son; how could she possibly accept this? Read full story at novel fire.net

"Stop crying! Get up and talk!" Grandpa Bai kicked away the person crying at his feet in disarray.

Grandma Bai was kicked and hit a stool on the ground, but she dared not say it hurt, quickly getting up, looking at Grandpa Bai and Sister Bai, slowly and tearfully revealing the truth.

It turned out that Grandma Bai and Sister Bai Xianglan gave birth on the same day, both had difficult labors at the hospital in Pingyang Town.

Grandma Bai’s difficult labor was not serious and she gave birth earlier, recovering quickly afterward.

In the evening, Sister Bai also gave birth, also to a boy.

But seeing her sister-in-law being given chicken soup and fine food by her mother-in-law to replenish her body while looking at herself, not to mention chicken soup, even an egg was a luxury.

So she had an evil thought, thinking, her own son, even if at home things were better, would ultimately face the fate of hunger daily, as her milk wasn’t sufficient, she couldn’t even feed her child properly.

Looking at the life her sister-in-law was living, that was something to be envious of, with meat and fine food, her mother-in-law especially caring, and her husband had a job, ensuring the child would never go hungry or cold.

When everyone was busy looking after her sister-in-law, she secretly swapped the children’s wrappings.

The Lin Family was foolish enough not to discover the swap.

It might be that because their own daughter-in-law had difficult labor, they didn’t notice other’s children, failing to recognize the wrong child.

Back then, her mother-in-law was also there, but because her only daughter had a hard time giving birth, her mother-in-law couldn’t care for her equally troubled daughter-in-law.

The slightly guilty Grandma Bai felt no more remorse thereafter.

After retrieving the child, Grandma Bai’s milk was still insufficient, and the child cried from hunger. She acted as if she didn’t see it, having many fights with her mother-in-law over this matter.

The child grew day by day, but she consecutively bore two more sons, paying even less attention to Bai Daliang.

Over time, seeing Bai Daliang reminded her of her own deeds and the oldest son she hadn’t raised from birth, thus treating Bai Daliang like an enemy.

"Sister-in-law, how could you be so cruel? How could you commit such sins?" Hearing what Grandma Bai said, Bai Xianglan cried horribly, with heartache beyond measure.

Everyone in the room had reddened eyes. Some were crying, some were angry, like Bai Ruxue, like Grandpa Bai.

"You wretched old crone! You dared wreck our Bai Family ! Watch me beat you to death..." Raising his hand, he slapped Grandma Bai across the face.

Immediately, a mark was left on Grandma Bai’s face, with a hint of blood around her mouth.

It seemed he used full force.

Then he hit her again and again until the team leader stepped in to stop him.

"Leave me be! I’m going to beat this vile old woman to death today!" Grandpa Bai’s eyes were bloodshot with rage.

"Brother Bai! Calm down first! Even if you beat her to death, this matter has already happened! If you killed her, you’d be eating bullets!" Wang Jianjun was also furious but had to persuade him, just so there wouldn’t be a greater price to pay.

Grandma Bai only lay on the ground, crying. Lin Gang, after hearing it all, just curled his lip, mumbling, "I thought my biological parents would be rich? This is worse than before; they’re actually farmers!"

But Bai Daliang was different; he watched Bai Xianglan crying almost to the point of fainting, stepping forward to hold her hand. He didn’t speak, but it provided her with great comfort.

Wang Cuihua couldn’t care about any of this now, joining Dong Sihan in soothing the two frightened crying kids.

These two children, ever since they were born, have been through countless battles, and Bai Ruxue didn’t care much for the countless times they’ve cried in fright since they were hardy, and even if frightened to tears, they’d soon be okay afterward.

Meanwhile, Bai Dahe’s family of five, from start to finish, couldn’t even enter the inner room, squeezed in the outer room, listening, having lost the promised meat, and gained an elder brother instead.